Wright v. Roseberry
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action to recover possession of a tract of land situated in the county of Yolo, in the State of California, consisting, according to the public surveys, of portions of sections 24, 25 and 36 of township 11'north, range 2 east, in that county, and embracing 560 acres.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was an action to recover possession of a tract of land situated in the county of Yolo, in the State of California, consisting, according to the public surveys, of portions of sections 24, 25 and 36 of township 11'north, range 2 east, in that county, and embracing 560 acres. The land was particularly described as follows: The north half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-four (24), the east half of the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
It does not distinctly appear what caused the District Court to change its first decision with respect to those lands, which it had originally held to be swamp and overflowed; but, as it admitted in evidence the patents of the United States, and held that they passed the title to the defendants, it probably had reached the conclusion which the Supreme Court subsequently announced, that the plaintiff could not maintain an action upon the title to swamp and' overflowed lands "until they had been certified as such to the state, pursuant to the fourth section of the act of Congress of July 23,…
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